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Cheap Paintball Gun
Wrangler
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Well, I'll do my part to help get the Paintbal Forum going. It's been years since I did any paintball. The last time I went, we used the single shot pump action paintball guns. I was wondering if the cheap paintball guns from Wally World will hold up for very long. The last time I looked, they were pretty much all plastic and ran between $30 and $40. I know these are very cheap, but how long will they hold up? I was thinking of trying to get some of my buddies together so we can hunt each other down and shoot each other.
I used to have a neighbor who was very serious about paintball. He spent more money on his paintball guns than I ever had on a real handgun.
Tank: So what do you need? Besides a miracle.
Neo: Guns. Lots of guns.
--The Matrix---
I used to have a neighbor who was very serious about paintball. He spent more money on his paintball guns than I ever had on a real handgun.
Tank: So what do you need? Besides a miracle.
Neo: Guns. Lots of guns.
--The Matrix---
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If you want the truth I have an older Piranha G2. With a 2-peice 18 inch Boss Smart Parts barrel, Venturi bolt, Expansion chambers, double trigger assembly, etc, etc. It's held up great. I put it together when Paintball was just starting to get back some popularity and everything was so expensive. Bottom line I have about $1200 in a gun that you could buy the equivalent of (minus the 18"barrel) for about $150.
You can get many others, semiautomatic or fully automatic, for $50-200 that could compete with mine, except for accuracy.
Don't go cheap and get a junker, buy a used Spyder or Tippman if you want something at all. It's much more fun with a higher rate of fire. I could put out 14rds/sec with mine @ 375fps. That hurts!
The part of paintball that really gets your adrenaline goin is trying not to get hit. Finding cover and having rounds flying all around you (you can hear them whizz by). So....If you can afford it and truly wish to enjoy the game. At least grab something semi-automatic.
Good Luck and have fun!!!
With that all said, I do agree that the "cheep" guns are okay if you understand that you will have limitations. Air consumption is also a big factor in these guns and some of them only use the 15 gram C02 cartridges like a BB gun. What I would suggest is that you check out rental guns. There are several shops in my area that have rentals (generally Tippmanns) that you can rent and take where ever you are going to play. This would let you use a much better gun without a larger investment. Plus, if you are trying to get others involved, you want to make sure that you have as much fun as possible. You wouldn't want to be fighting your gun or have your day cut short because it broke. I would recommend a Tippmann 98 Custom for a GREAT starter marker. You can find them on line for about $120 last time I looked. These things are almost indestructable and there are millions of upgrades that you can do with it that you can't with others once you get going in it again. Hope this helps and let me know if you have any more questions.
Okay! One of the first things that I always stress about paintball is safety!!! Shooting ANY marker at 375 fps is WRONG!!!!! Most fields that I know of require you to set your gun at 275 to 300 as an absolute MAX!! I would not play with anyone shooting that fast. Googles may not withstand an impact at that speed and the game just isn't worth my eyes!
With that all said, I do agree that the "cheep" guns are okay if you understand that you will have limitations. Air consumption is also a big factor in these guns and some of them only use the 15 gram C02 cartridges like a BB gun. What I would suggest is that you check out rental guns. There are several shops in my area that have rentals (generally Tippmanns) that you can rent and take where ever you are going to play. This would let you use a much better gun without a larger investment. Plus, if you are trying to get others involved, you want to make sure that you have as much fun as possible. You wouldn't want to be fighting your gun or have your day cut short because it broke. I would recommend a Tippmann 98 Custom for a GREAT starter marker. You can find them on line for about $120 last time I looked. These things are almost indestructable and there are millions of upgrades that you can do with it that you can't with others once you get going in it again. Hope this helps and let me know if you have any more questions.
very very good point. you might want to look into a spyder. it was the first marker i ever bought, and to this day it still works like it did the day i got it (6yrs ago). you can get a pretty decent one for around $150. you can always search flea-bag or pbnation.com - which has a great buying/selling forum, your bound to find a great deal there!
Spyder is the way to go for a first marker. They're like chevy's.. parts are everywhere.
How has you Spyder been for breaking parts? I have heard that they are good markers but tend to break. Don't know if it's true or not. Welcome to the fourm Choader!!!
When in doubt, unload the clip, Semper Fi
I guess it's not so much availabe parts that make spyders popular, but the fact that wal-mart sells them for a c-note. Expansion chambers and more accurate barrels included.
You can still get a talon at wally world for about 25 bucks. Lol, I own like 8 of them from years back. ---and they still shoot fine!!
Get a PMI Piranna, we use them as rental guns, and work great. If you want a real workhorse, try a VM-68, they can be had used and are the AK's of the paintball world. Dig yourself a trench, chop down a tree in your way, and still make the shot to get the flag.. all with the gun [:D]
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